Our Top 10 series are all about listening to popular culture. This summer, we engage the messages of 10 popular movies from the last 25 years. As we listen, we interact with those messages out of the Scriptures, to celebrate how God ... Continue Reading

As a kid who grew up in Church, the Sabbath always really confused me. We went to Church on Sundays, which everyone called the Sabbath. But my calendars showed that Sunday is the first day of the week, while the ... Continue Reading

Most people who’ve been in Church at any point in their lives are familiar with the Lord’s Prayer (or the “Our Father” for my Catholic readers). We find a lot of meaning in reciting the prayer together as a corporate ... Continue Reading

I grew up in church, so I learned that when you end a prayer, you say, “In Jesus’ name, Amen.” It didn’t matter what we were praying for – health, security, God’s presence, others’ prosperity, traveling mercies and hedges of ... Continue Reading

Nearly every church I’ve ever been part of (which admittedly have all been some flavor of Evangelical) has approached the Sunday morning worship gathering with the same way: a welcome, a few songs, collect an offering (probably with another song) ... Continue Reading